I ran today at the reservoir and actually had a great run. I could breathe! It was pretty warm out (about 60) when I headed out the door so I knew I wouldn't have an attack from the cold so I was optomistic. When I got to the reservoir I discovered that the restrooms were closed for the winter! What! It's January 9, 60 degrees and they're closed for the winter. It'll be interesting to see how long "winter" is here. Hopefully only a month at the most. Also, they did a control burn of the trail around the lake. I was a little concerned that the smoke and embers would effect my breathing but all was fine! Yay! I ran out to Nick's Creek (my tried and true 12 mile out and back route) and I felt pretty good. My legs were a little tired from the 50K on Saturday but all things considered I was pleased with my efforts! I ran 1:15 in each direction so was able to maintain my pace.
I had planned on swimming this afternoon but discovered I had forgotten to bring my pool toys to the pool so I ended up doing pool running for about 30 miinutes. It just felt good to move my legs with the resistance of the water. I can't go underwater without my goggles so I didn't even attempt to swim laps today. I'll get a mile in tomorrow. I enjoy swimming so much that I'm going to get a waterproof case for my IPOD. I think that it would be so wonderful to be able to listen to my music while I glide through the water. I was reading about what a great cross-training workout it is so I'm pleased that I decided to give it a try.
Tomorrow I start work with a personal trainer at the club. Frank got me a workout package for Christmas and I'm very excited about getting some help with my workouts and learning how to use some of the equipment at the club.
It looks like I'm ready to mail in my package to NC so I can get my license to do massage. It could take a couple of months to actually get a license so I don't want to delay another day. I am really looking forward to finding a job and doing massages again! I hope I meet all of their criteria. I am concerned that they might require me to have some additional classes seeings how it's been 8 years since I graduated. Apparently once you're licensed you have to take additional training in order to renew your license but hopefully they'll let me slide for my first license. I have taken several classes since graduation, but even those were a few years ago and would not be current enough. We'll see! This state sure makes it tough to get a job!
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